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PirateSoftware Leaves OffBrand Games as Stop Killing Games Reaches Goal
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Had a look at Offbrand Games' games and none of them have recent review bombs. I really have no clue what PirateSoftware is talking about. I'm not surprised he was pushed out for *fear* of such review bombs, but I'm not seeing any evidence of them actually existing as he alleges. 
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>Elon Musk owns "only" 20% of Tesla I don't think it's that high. *kagis* 12.8%. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/052616/top-4-tesla-shareholders-tsla.asp >CEO Elon Musk is the largest shareholder, with 12.8% of the company's equity as of Feb. 28, 2025.I found my info at https://www.uamr.de/wem-gehoert-tesla/ > Elon Musk ist mit 20,6% der größte Einzelaktionär von Tesla > Elon Musk is Tesla's largest single shareholder with 20.6% I did not assume that his stake was this high, but I did not care enough to look for a second source. So, thank you for providing more reliable figures!
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The review bombing is another fabrication: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2217000/Rivals_of_Aether_II/?curator_clanid=45028385  It seems like a minor influx of recent negative reviews. Most likely they didn't want his current status in the public perception to work against the marketing push they wanted from him. Because let's be real, "director of strategy" doesn't seem accurate for someone who is obviously just an influencer marketing your game to his large audience.
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That's not the right thing to do. There are more people behind the publisher than him. He's not big enough of a douche to make them all pay for it. Impact is there, he got what he asked for. We're done here.Sorry, but anyone taking up space in my pigeon brain is "big enough" to be petty. I don't know what qualifies as big enough for you though.
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He's still financially involved with the publisher. Don't review bomb them, just don't buy from them.Why are you trying to harm anyone associated with stop killing games
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Why are you trying to harm anyone associated with stop killing games
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So... I actually tinker around in Godot. Whilst looking around to see if anyone had, or was developing an extension I would find useful... I discovered 'Redot'. Basically, there is a small but very vocal group of people who are very, very angry that a Godot community manager made some pro LGBT, inclusive twitter posts, turned that into a culture war flare up on twitter... And then forked Godot. To make the anti-woke version of Godot. Their youtube channel has, as best I can tell, absolutely no descriptions of any substantial differences from... you know, an actual game engine feature set perspective. Beyond of course being behind Godot now, lol. What they do have is a bunch of rants about politics and edrama for their 'non-political' game engine. Also... they pronounce Redot as Re-Dot, hard t. Godot is Godot as in Waiting for Godot. Go - Dough. God - Oh. ... of course these idiots are literally uncultured and have never read the screenplay or seen the stage play, so they have no idea how to pronounce the word. smdh
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Why are you trying to harm anyone associated with stop killing games
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Yeah, people flipped out seemingly claiming he was killing the intuitive. And in the end the over reaction and excess of attention directed towards him brought more attention to the whole topic and the petition. It’s like manufactured drama for a good cause. I’m not sure how I feel about that.
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Had a look at Offbrand Games' games and none of them have recent review bombs. I really have no clue what PirateSoftware is talking about. I'm not surprised he was pushed out for *fear* of such review bombs, but I'm not seeing any evidence of them actually existing as he alleges. 
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Enough with the pitchforks. Musk is a Nazi, Thor is just an idiot. There is a difference. Boycott who you want, but don't make this a vendetta for life. Petition is through, Thor got what he deserved. Case closed.
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The review bombing is another fabrication: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2217000/Rivals_of_Aether_II/?curator_clanid=45028385  It seems like a minor influx of recent negative reviews. Most likely they didn't want his current status in the public perception to work against the marketing push they wanted from him. Because let's be real, "director of strategy" doesn't seem accurate for someone who is obviously just an influencer marketing your game to his large audience.Reviews since July first look at least 50% negative which was not seen before so there could be an argument it is happening.
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So... I actually tinker around in Godot. Whilst looking around to see if anyone had, or was developing an extension I would find useful... I discovered 'Redot'. Basically, there is a small but very vocal group of people who are very, very angry that a Godot community manager made some pro LGBT, inclusive twitter posts, turned that into a culture war flare up on twitter... And then forked Godot. To make the anti-woke version of Godot. Their youtube channel has, as best I can tell, absolutely no descriptions of any substantial differences from... you know, an actual game engine feature set perspective. Beyond of course being behind Godot now, lol. What they do have is a bunch of rants about politics and edrama for their 'non-political' game engine. Also... they pronounce Redot as Re-Dot, hard t. Godot is Godot as in Waiting for Godot. Go - Dough. God - Oh. ... of course these idiots are literally uncultured and have never read the screenplay or seen the stage play, so they have no idea how to pronounce the word. smdh
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So... I actually tinker around in Godot. Whilst looking around to see if anyone had, or was developing an extension I would find useful... I discovered 'Redot'. Basically, there is a small but very vocal group of people who are very, very angry that a Godot community manager made some pro LGBT, inclusive twitter posts, turned that into a culture war flare up on twitter... And then forked Godot. To make the anti-woke version of Godot. Their youtube channel has, as best I can tell, absolutely no descriptions of any substantial differences from... you know, an actual game engine feature set perspective. Beyond of course being behind Godot now, lol. What they do have is a bunch of rants about politics and edrama for their 'non-political' game engine. Also... they pronounce Redot as Re-Dot, hard t. Godot is Godot as in Waiting for Godot. Go - Dough. God - Oh. ... of course these idiots are literally uncultured and have never read the screenplay or seen the stage play, so they have no idea how to pronounce the word. smdh
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So... I actually tinker around in Godot. Whilst looking around to see if anyone had, or was developing an extension I would find useful... I discovered 'Redot'. Basically, there is a small but very vocal group of people who are very, very angry that a Godot community manager made some pro LGBT, inclusive twitter posts, turned that into a culture war flare up on twitter... And then forked Godot. To make the anti-woke version of Godot. Their youtube channel has, as best I can tell, absolutely no descriptions of any substantial differences from... you know, an actual game engine feature set perspective. Beyond of course being behind Godot now, lol. What they do have is a bunch of rants about politics and edrama for their 'non-political' game engine. Also... they pronounce Redot as Re-Dot, hard t. Godot is Godot as in Waiting for Godot. Go - Dough. God - Oh. ... of course these idiots are literally uncultured and have never read the screenplay or seen the stage play, so they have no idea how to pronounce the word. smdhOkay, as much as I approve of mocking bigots, I didn't pronounce "Godot" properly for a few years because I had never heard the name spoken before. I'd only ever read it. Usually, if a word is used properly, but pronounced wrong, it's an indicator that the word was learned from reading, not from hearing. Typically, people receptive to learning will try to correct themselves when it's pointed out. I'm very self conscious of this because I'm awful at pronouncing words. But for folks like this, yeah, mock the hell out of them.
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Reviews since July first look at least 50% negative which was not seen before so there could be an argument it is happening.
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More than 0 reviews related to the drama = review bombing He worked at blizzard for 7 years guys.You do understand that on Steam if you have 50% or more negative reviews, it is a "Mostly Negative" and puts people off even trying. Bad reviews can have a serious effect on sales. 10 negative reviews in millions is nothing, 10 negative reviews alongside 10 positive is detrimental. It's all about the percentage and indie games work at a different scale. I'm unsure what the point about working for Blizzard means. You'll have to elaborate.
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Most of the folks I've heard making tutorials about it pronounce it "guhDOUGH." To get that FOSS cred the name has to be a dumpster fire.
